A person mowing his garden made the grisly discovery of {a partially} decomposed physique that authorities have now recognized as a person final seen being launched from incarceration a number of weeks earlier than, police mentioned.
The physique of 43-year-old Charles Warner Ingram was discovered final Friday at a farm property in Neshoba County, Mississippi, at roughly 1:45 p.m. The person mowing his garden, who was not publicly recognized, “found {a partially} decomposed physique” not removed from a highway, in line with the Neshoba County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Neshoba County Sheriff’s deputies, the Neshoba County medical expert and Mississippi Bureau of Investigations officers canvassed the world for clues or proof that will assist establish the physique after it was discovered earlier than, on Wednesday, authorities introduced that that they had recognized the person and that he had final been seen on August 16 on the Neshoba County Detention Facility.
“He had lately been launched by the decide on two Failure to Seem warrants although Neshoba County Justice Court docket, officers mentioned on Wednesday. “His incarceration spanned from July 13, 2025, to August 14, 2025.”
A person mowing his garden made a grisly discovery when he found {a partially} decomposed physique that authorities have now recognized as a person final seen being launched from incarceration a number of weeks earlier than, police mentioned.
Neshoba County Sheriff’s Workplace
Police mentioned that Ingram was launched from the detention focus on 2 p.m. on August 14 and that two days later, on August 16, he was caught on digital camera strolling to the jail and ingesting water from the fountain earlier than leaving on foot, touring towards Freeway 15.
The property the place the physique was found 15 days later is positioned roughly a half-mile west of Freeway 15 within the Fork Neighborhood in Mississippi, not removed from the place Ingram was final scene on digital camera.
The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory was in a position to establish Ingram — who was from close by Philadelphia, Mississippi — via his fingerprints, police mentioned.
Investigators are presently wanting into Ingram’s potential explanation for dying and the way he ended up on the property the place he was discovered however preliminary studies on Ingram’s situation from police after his physique was discovered advised he “had been on the property for an prolonged time frame, presumably up [to] 4 to six weeks.”
The investigation is presently ongoing.